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(Eagle News) — Filipinos can now enjoy a visa-free entry to Taiwan starting Nov. 1. In a statement on Monday, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office said Philippine nationals can stay for up to 14 days, during the 9-month trial period that will last until July 31, 2018. TECO said those who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than 14 days, however, will have to secure visas prior to their entry. “Those who entered […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is “very happy” the military has neutralized local terrorists Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute in Marawi. This is according to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, who spoke in a press conference on Monday, hours after the deaths of the two terrorists who led the assault on the city in Mindanao in May that prompted Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao. “(The President) is very […]
In his exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose on Monday, Oct. 16, Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesperson Major-General Restituto Padilla shared with us an update on the deaths of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute. Padilla also called on the Filipino people to unite against terrorism, noting that the war on terror does not end with the liberation of Marawi.
(Eagle News) — Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon were attempting to transfer to another building with their hostages when the military assaulted them in the main battle area in Marawi early Monday. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, the two terrorist leaders were trying to get to the two boats they had asked their hostages to make but they couldn’t get to where these were because the military had sealed off […]
(Eagle News) — Two senators on Monday played down the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte he would declare a revolutionary government if destabilization moves resulted in chaos. In a statement, Senator Tito Sotto said Duterte’s pronouncement remains an “idea at this point.” As such, he said “we have no reason to be wary about it.” “He probably feels the country’s stability could be in jeopardy that’s why he is thinking of ways to protect it just […]
(Eagle News) – The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide has denied that the two-day transport strike it launched starting today, October 12, was part of a destabilization plot against the Duterte administration. Piston National President George San Mateo made the statement in response to a pronouncement made by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to that effect. According to San Mateo, the government only wants to divert the public’s attention from […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday confirmed Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon have been killed. Lorenzana said the bodies of the two–which were recovered on Monday morning after a firefight in the main battle area in Marawi—will be subjected to DNA tests. Also recovered from the military operation were 17 hostages. He said rewards were also coming from other countries for their deaths. The killing of the two terrorist leaders who led […]
(Eagle News) — Reports are coming in that Abu Sayyaf leader and reported Islamist State emir in Southeast Asia, Isnilon Hapilon, had been killed this morning, October 16, but the military said that it has yet to confirm these. CNN Philippines cited military sources to say that Hapilon is now dead, and even showed a supposed bloodied face of the dead Islamist militant leader. Eagle News also received a photo of the supposed dead […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine troops Sunday bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over “very soon”. The army previously set a target of Sunday to end the fighting in Marawi, which it said has killed more than 1,000 people. Troops have missed previous deadlines to flush out the militants whom authorities said […]
(Eagle News) — Only President Rodrigo Duterte “had the guts” to address the drug problem. This was the message of Rep. Ace Barbers to people who continue to criticize the administration’s drug war without “giv(ing) the President the benefit of the doubt and looking at the whole picture objectively.” “In the first place, way before the President took office, the drug menace was already spiralling out of control. He alone had the guts to ‘grab […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Sunday said the threat of destabilization was “as real as terrorism,” noting that information on the matter came from reliable sources, even “from inside the offices of the people identified with the opposition.” She also dismissed claims her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, was “insecure and paranoid,” calling Tindig Pilipinas, the group that staged a rally recently against him, “power-hungry.” Key members of this group include opposition figures […]
(Eagle News) — Work in all courts on Monday, October 16, has been suspended. Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno declared the suspension because of the scheduled transport strike on that day. She made the declaration after Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea also declared a suspension of government work and classes at all levels in all public and private schools in the country.
